Bulletin
for Revised for COVID19 suspension of in-person worship
March 22,
2020 NMPC & FMPC 4th Sunday in Lent Worship via Facebook Live
Prelude
Welcome to the broadcast of worship for Naomi
Makemie and Francis Makemie Presbyterian Churches
Choral
Opening Wisdom of God
Call to
worship
Leader:
We are a people born out of darkness and brought into wonderful light. We are
not present with one another, but we are present with the Lord our God. We will
worship and we will praise God through this day and everyday. Let us pray;
Opening Prayer
Lord, we come into your
presence again today from armchairs and couches, from computer screens and
phones. You are calling us together from the four corners of the earth. There
is no wall to hold you. There is no barrier to stop you. There you are Lord beside
us to guide us. Among us to hold us. Within us to sustain us. We offer to you
our worship now and forever. Amen!
Opening Hymn #2025 As the Deer
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| Painting by Marshall Ryon |
Young disciples-Peek a Boo
Call to confession
Another week and we still
see everything empty. We see our world shrinking around us. God sees our
despair. God sees our tears. God sees our anxious hearts. God sees our wringing
hands. We forget that God is in the troubled times as well as the times of
plenty. God is here. God is with us Let us confess our sufferings, our losses,
our pain, and our sins. Join me, as we pray together, saying,
Prayer of confession
Lord, we are all alone again this week. It’s
harder now. We can’t see the end of this isolation. We can’t see our way
through this pandemic. We are lost in our own despair. We have narrow vision.
We are only looking out for ourselves and hoarding all the goods. Forgive our
selfishness. Help us to see the needs of others. Take away our blindness. Take
away our sins. Open our eyes! Let us see Jesus. Amen.
Words of Assurance
Jesus did a remarkable thing. He opened the eyes of a blind
man. He gave him sight. And the Light of the world shone upon him. And the
light of Christ shone from him and many believed. Friends, believe the good
news of the gospel, in Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Amen!
Gloria Patri Glory
be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the
beginning, is now and ever shall be; world without end, amen. Amen.
Affirmation of Faith Apostle’s Creed
I believe in
God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his
only son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended
into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from
thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy
Ghost, the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of
sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Readings:
Psalm 42:1-11; John 9 Dramatic Reading Jody, Rhudy, Ron
Sermon: What We Believe is True or the Blame Game
Choral Anthem
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
Announcements We thank you for worshiping
with us. We appreciate your support. Please send offerings to us in the mail.
For Naomi Makemie P.O. Box 397 23417 For Francis Makemie P.O. Box 680
Accomac 23301
Call to Prayer
#535RH Hear Our Prayer O
God
Prayer of the People & the Lord’s Prayer Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come, thy will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and
forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory, forever. Amen
Closing Hymn #339
Be Thou My Vision
Benediction
May the God of hope fill you with all joy in believing, so
that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit and the blessing of
God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit remain with you always. Amen.
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